Physics trumps God?

Did God create the world and the universe as told in the Book of Genesis, or is that just a mythical tale used as a setting for the whole Canon of Scripture we call the Bible. Those faiths aligned with the monotheistic entity, God, have contended in one way or another that the Genesis account is a faithful rendition of worldly creation.

Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has come out here with the opinion that God was not necessary for the movement of matter and energy as the laws of physics would shepherd us toward the creation which we know.

I suppose it has never occured to prof. Hawking to ask "where did the laws of physics come from"? As cartesian beings, we sense a three dimensional world with a one way arrow flow of time as a fourth dimension. Thus, for us, everything including our experience of our own lives has an immutable time dependence about it. Not only does this shape our world view but it also shapes our comprehension of the world and universe which we cannot directly view. This leads to theological speculations on the ontological nature of God based on our own nature. While that can be helpful, it does not constrain God to our speculative thoughts.

The theological conclusions about the nature of God and indeed scriptural witness strongly argues that God does not exist in time. To God, time is another orthogonal coordinate of the universe. This implies that the nature of God as a set of behaviors does not intersect with the set of time dependent natures of man and the world. That God can "invade" our space with His creative revelations is certainly his perogative. Our ability to move to His space apparantly only occuurs through His Son, Jesus Christ (Jn. 14:6).

Physics has a lot to say to us about how the univers works. It has nothing to say to us about why it (and we) are here. That is what God's word revealed in scripture is all about.

Pity poor Prof Hawking if he never comes to this place of faith.